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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

250 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HOWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI



* UNTIL 545 PM CDT



* AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM WEST PLAINS SOUTHWARD TO 

NEAR BAKERSFIELD. THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS HAD PRODUCED 1 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR.  THE HOWELL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 

THAT CITY STREETS IN WEST PLAINS HAVE ALREADY PONDED OVER IN 

LOCATIONS AND CREEKS WERE STARTING TO RISE.



* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN OVER WEST PLAINS AND SOUTHERN HOWELL COUNTY...CAUSING WORSENING 

FLOODING IN WEST PLAINS AREA AS WELL AS RAPID RISES IN AREA 

CREEKS...ESPECIALLY HOWELL CREEK.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF FLOODED LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS.  REPORT ALL FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECMENT.



LAT...LON 3683 9211 3648 9211 3652 9169 3698 9169



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